Improved Mapping of Mountain Shrublands Using the Sentinel-2 Red-Edge Band

• Published in: Remote Sensing
• Main Authors: Arthur Bayle, Bradley Carlson, Vincent Thierion, Marc Isenmann, Philippe Choler
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: optical remote sensing; anthocyanin; dwarf shrubs; European Alps; land cover mapping; NARI; Arctic; The Sentinel
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11232807

Shrub encroachment into grassland and rocky habitats is a noticeable land cover change currently underway in temperate mountains and is a matter of concern for the sustainable management of mountain biodiversity. Current land cover products tend to underestimate the extent of mountain shrublands dom...